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Savona, Genoa ports to become backbone of Italian harbour system
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 –Â The port system of Genoa and Savona will be the backbone of the Italian harbour sector, as guaranteed by...
Spanish minister highlights growth potential of Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – At the end of February, Inigo de la Serna, Spanish Minister of Public Works, received the Minister of...
Barcelona port receives award at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Barcelona port has received the “Best port for turnaround operations” award of Cruise...
Alicante port forecasts cruise traffic growth in 2017
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The joint promotion work carried out in recent years by Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...
Montenegro to conclude contract for Bar port sale by end-March
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Montenegro’s government expects to complete the talks on the privatisation of Luka Bar a.d. Bar,...
Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...
Government to propose public-public partnership for Koper port railway project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The expansion of the rail track between Divaca and Koper port is to be financed in a public-public...
Trade unions accuse Sète port of “organised precarisation” of dockers
Sète, France (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Trade unions accused Sète port of an “organised precarisation” of dockers. Serge...
Spanish Congress rejects decree on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Spanish Congress has rejected the government’s decree regulating the reform in the country’s...
Ocean Alliance maiden voyage to Adriatic: new routing from April
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – With effect from the first week of April (departures from Far East), the Ocean Alliance service to the...
German ambassador visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Christof Weil, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Portugal and Minister Counselor Heike...
Algarve diversifies with exports to Algeria
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – At the port of Portimão, the general cargo ship “Saoura” was loaded with fiber cement...
Hamburg Süd imposes Spanish surcharge
Hamburg, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The German shipping line has announced the introduction of a port congestion charge applicable to all...
The Mediterannean Sea continues attracting cruisers
Fort Lauderdale, United States (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – MedCruise presented today to the cruise world gathered in Fort Lauderdale for Seatrade...
Spanish government proposes early retirement scheme to stevedores
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Spanish government has proposed to stevedores an early retirement scheme, which will be available to...
Sicilian port authorities jointly present cruise offer at Florida fair
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Sicilian port authorities in Palermo, Catania and Messina-Milazzo have jointly promoted the...
Trieste port, AREA Science Park sign cooperation deal
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italy’s Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System, managing Trieste port, has signed a cooperation agreement with...
PIR, Edison to build LNG storage facility at Ravenna port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italian provider of logistic solutions for the storage, handling and distribution of bulk liquids, dry goods...
Trade unions accuse Noatum of taking advantage of dominant position
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Representatives of Valencia-based trade unions accused Spanish shipping group Noatum of taking advantage...